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Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how inequalities in wages, bargaining power, and the evolving labor market affect workers’ economic security and opportunity as well as broad-based economic growth.

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Too many workers have been left behind as the benefits of growth increasingly accrue to those at the top of the income and wealth distribution. Equitable Growth supports research to improve our understanding of what is driving these trends, who is affected, and what policies can boost wages for all workers, provide for safe and equitable workplaces, develop pathways for upward mobility, and encourage stronger economic growth and stability.

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How union contracts are protecting U.S. workers from automated management and surveillance in the workplace

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Lessons from past trade adjustment policies to support displaced workers in the era of artificial intelligence

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Expanding eligibility for Unemployment Insurance helps low-income U.S. workers find better jobs

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How artificial intelligence uncouples hard work from fair wages through ‘surveillance pay’ practices—and how to fix it

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Adoption of generative AI will have different effects across jobs in the U.S. logistics workforce

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A primer on monopsony power: Its causes, consequences, and implications for U.S. workers and economic growth

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TOPICS: Monopsony

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Caring for the elderly in America now includes a minimum wage and overtime

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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U.S. jobs growth remains too slow

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TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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Where are U.S. data on the gig economy?

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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The cruel game of musical chairs in the U.S. labor market

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Schedules that work for families and the U.S. economy

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Netflix and the paid family leave debate

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TOPICS: Paid Leave
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Measures of U.S. labor market conditions for the Fed to ponder

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TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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Puerto Rico’s predicaments: Is its minimum wage the culprit?

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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The distribution of pay and the willingness to quit among U.S. workers

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Low hiring rates do not point to strong U.S. wage growth

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Implementing and policing higher minimum wages at the local level

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Wage growth and the health of the U.S. labor market

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation

Experts on the issue

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Sebastian Sotelo

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Daniel Schneider

Harvard University

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Arindrajit Dube

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Mariana Zerpa

University of Leuven

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Nathan Wilmers

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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